How to Use predict in a Sentence

predict

verb

• Sales are predicted to be the same as last year.
• It's hard to predict how the election will turn out.
• Many people predicted that the store would fail, but it has done very well.
• She claims that she can predict future events.
• All the local forecasters are predicting rain for this afternoon.
• As predicted, those who ate crackers — and became more thirsty — seemed more drawn to the glossy images.
  — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
• Davis argued that the agency couldn’t have predicted the abuse from a foster parent who passed a background check.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
• The agency predicted a costly and slow conflict, with both sides making only marginal gains.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• The goal is to use sightings gathered from the public to get better at predicting when and where the elusive phenomena will appear.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
• Yes, but: Forecasters predict an unseasonably warm fall, which could impact travel plans.
  — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
• All 17 of the site's experts predicted that Philadelphia would be Brooklyn in five games.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• Madison County has long been projected to pass Mobile eventually, but no one predicted just how fast the change would take place.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 30 Mar. 2023
• Sword predicts yet another continuing resolution that will extend funding at current levels for a period of time.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• This time, Europe was better prepared, with forecasters predicting historic rains days in advance and giving communities time to prepare.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
• That generated enormous international attention—almost all of which predicted the end of fine dining.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023
• And no one can predict what the world will look like in two weeks.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 11 Mar. 2020
• And 59% predict the market will rise by the end of the third quarter.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 July 2024
• See the shades colorists predict will be all the rage this fall.
  — Allure, 10 Sep. 2019
• This is very hard to predict and can vary year to year.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2022
• To be fair, Kevin did predict a Ridge win — but not a blowout.
  — Stephen English, star-telegram, 28 Oct. 2017
• None of this is to predict a robust economy for the rest of the year.
  — Quartz, 3 Feb. 2023
• The frequency and size of those surges is still very hard to predict.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• But the Raiders are proving to be a bit more stealthy than predicted.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2019
• Few could predict what to expect just a few months ago.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2020
• And other viewers predicted that the adorable duo would soon be the best of friends.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• Who is predicted to win Game 7 between the 76ers and Celtics?
  — oregonlive, 14 May 2023
• Experts still predict that testing of gene drive in the field is still years away.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2017
• Berry is far too smart to promise the playoffs or predict a record.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• Week 17 games, for a number of reasons, are hard to predict.
  — Andy Nesbitt, For The Win, 27 Dec. 2019
• Who, then, could have predicted what would happen in the decade since?
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024